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ICIP International Catalan Institute for Peace

ICIP awards the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

The Governing Board of the International Catalan Institute for Peace has unanimously decided to grant the 2014 ICIP Peace in Progress Award to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) 'for its century-long involvement in the work of women for peace, its commitment to disarmament, the defense of human rights and the persistence to obtain the recognition of the role of women in the building of peace'.

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom was a pioneer in the creation of an internationalist pacifist feminism and is a model for all initiatives of women for peace.

ICIP’s Peace in Progress Award is granted annually and consists of public recognition, a sculpture created by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, artist and activist Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, called Porta del Sol, and a financial prize of 4,000 euros. The award ceremony will take place during the first trimester of 2015 in Barcelona.

Peace Capsules Project launches new website

The Peace Capsules Project aims to show the diversity of visions and expectations projected on the word "peace". It is a co-production of the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) and the Contrast Collective, with the collaboration of Digital Dosis.

Fifty-two people from around the world answer the question: What is peace to you? in connection with their experience in countries in conflict or with their commitment against war and in favor of the building of peace.

Each one of these reflections, produced in video format with subtitles in Catalan, Spanish and English, are called capsules and are compiled on the website www.capsulesdepau.com. The different capsules are organized by name, date and country of origin.

Film series on Colombia

ICIP and Taula Catalana per la Pau i els Drets Humans a Colòmbia are organizing a film series to give visibility and promote reflection on situations – often unknown – of violence and violations of human rights in Colombia documentaries and films will be screened at 8pm at the Méliès Cinemas in Barcelona.